Given name
Glenville
“from the village in the glen”
Glenville is used as a given name. One interpretation is “from the village in the glen.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “from the village in the glen.”
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1917. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Glenville through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 59
- 59 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1927
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1987. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 8 in 1927. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 213 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Glenville’s family of names
Glenville has a related form in Glenvil. Glenville has a related form in Glenvill. Glenville has a related form in Glenvyl.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 12
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Glennvillelikely variant
- Glinvylvariant
- Glinvyllvariant
- Glinvyllevariant
- Glinvilvariant
- Glinvillvariant
- Glinvillevariant
- Glenvyllevariant
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People named Glenville
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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